1186th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Presentation of the 2019 Programme Outline by the Secretary General, Ambassador Thomas Greminger. Head of the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, Ambassador Tuula Yrjölä. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1292 on the dates and venue of the 2018 OSCE Mediterranean Conference. The Permanent Council adopted Decision No. 1293 on the financing arrangement for implementation of the 2018 OSCE Unified Budget and SMM budget (Russian Federation, interpretative statement 1; France, interpretative statement 2; Azerbaijan, interpretative statement 3). Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine and illegal occupation of Crimea. Situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements. Human rights violations in Latvia. Discriminatory education legislation in Ukraine. International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, celebrated on 17 May 2018. Farewell to the Permanent Representative of Cyprus to the OSCE, Ambassador M. Ieronymides. Attack on the journalist Ms. O. Lakic in Montenegro. Remembrance of the victims of political repression under the Communist totalitarian regime. First observance of World Bee Day on 20 May 2018.
